Sunday, July 13, 2008, 12:00-1:15
You want me to do what? Bridging the gulf and building understanding between technical services and public services managers.

Description: The advent of automated library systems may have broken down some of the traditional barriers between library departments
but a great gulf of incomprehensibility between public services and technical services still exists. For a new manager from a public services
background, one of the challenges of working together is to understand the distinctive needs of the technical services staff. At the same time, technical
services managers need to recognize the perspective of the management team and how their department fits into the larger library environment. This
panel discussion of library managers and technical services department heads will explore the challenge of trying to reconcile different management
styles, library department cultures and the professional backgrounds of the key players to work towards a common goal.

Speakers:

Simon Canick, University of Connecticut

Jonathan Franklin, University of
Washington

Joseph Thomas, University of Notre Dame

Coordinator/Moderator: Richard Jost, University of Washington

Learning outcomes:

Participants will be able to identify the competing interests and other challenges in managing different library functions

Participants will be able to analyze the viewpoints of different library operations and how they interconnect

Participants will be able to evaluate different approaches to collaborative projects through an examination of various management styles

Level: Intermediate

Audience: This program is targeted for library managers (from public services backgrounds) with responsibility for technical
services and/or library automation as well as technical service/system librarians.

Sunday, July 13, 2008, 4:15-5:15
Demystifying Batch-Load Analysis: What You Need to Know About Vendor-Supplied Bibliographic Records
[co-sponsored and co-funded by TS-SIS].

Description: The availability of vendor-supplied bibliographic records for batch-loading
into our local catalogs presents new challenges: How should my library evaluate the quality of vendor-supplied MARC
records before acquiring them? What role can the TS-SIS Task Group on Standards for Vendor-Supplied Bibliographic
Records play in this process? This program will introduce ways to use readily available tools to analyze batches of MARC
records. It will help libraries that have purchased access to packages such as MOML, LLMC, BNA, CIS, WLX, etc. and
are considering how to provide access to them through their catalogs.

Coordinator: Ellen McGrath, The University at Buffalo, SUNY

Moderator: Kevin Butterfield, College of William and Mary

Speakers: Yael Mandelstam, Fordham University

Learning outcomes:

Participants will be able to identify quality control issues and problems associated with the batch-loading of vendor-supplied bibliographic MARC records

Participants will be able to analyze and modify batches of MARC records using tools available in their libraries

Level: Intermediate

Audience: Technical Services, Systems, and Public Services Staff and Administrators

Monday, July 14, 2008, 9:45-10:30
E5: Exploring Relevancy Ranking Systems in Search Engines on the Web and in our OPACs: What They Are--How They Work [co-sponsored by CS-SIS and TS-SIS].

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Monday, July 14, 2008, 9:45-10:30
All Good. No Bad, No Ugly? The Conversation Continues [a follow-up to the AMPC program: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly.].

Description of proposal: This is a follow-on program to D-2 offering the opportunity for more extensive
discussion on the issues raised during the panel presentation The Good, The Bad, The Ugly. Rethinking Bibliographic Services
in the 21st Century. The original speakers will be available to expand on their remarks, to facilitate discussion on the final
report of the Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control, and on various responses to the report that have been
distributed to the Library community. Particular attention will be paid to the recently issued response by LC to the
recommendations made by the Working Group.

Coordinator/Moderator: Caitlin Robinson, University of Iowa

Speakers

Richard Amelung

Dianne Hillman

Caitlin Robinson

Learning outcomes:

Participants will learn what practical applications may grow out of the challenges presented by future trends in bibliographic services

Participants will be able to evaluate the success of the practical solutions presented by the local system vendors